Burn the midnight lamp

Down until the dawn

I'll keep watch

Until I'm sure you're coming home

Shadows play

And flicker on the bedroom wall

They turn into a bad dream overnight

Something could be terribly wrong



Don't be careless love

Don't be careless love

Don't be, don't be careless



In my dream you're running nowhere

Every step you've taken turns to glue

Walking down a spiral staircase

Failing through, failing through

Don't be careless love

Be careless love



The lamp burns down and out

I'm getting pretty tired of this

I feel so bad

Something might be going amiss

I won't be there

So look out for yourself

You're getting in deep whatever you do

Don't let me go back to sleep



Don't be careless love

Don't be careless love

Don't be, don't be careless



Saw your face in the morning paper

Saw your body rolled up in a rug

Chopped up into two little pieces

By some thug



Don't be careless love

Be careless love



But in the morning light

When I wake up again

You're by my side

And that's the way it's always been

But in the dark

Your mind plays funny tricks on you

Your mind plays funny tricks on you

Your mind plays funny tricks on you



Don't be careless love